ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey will submit on Wednesday a declaration of intervention in South Africa’s genocide case in opposition to Israel on the Worldwide Court docket of Justice (ICJ) within the Hague, a diplomatic supply mentioned.
The declaration will occur at 1330 GMT, the supply added, after International Minister Hakan Fidan mentioned this week that Turkey would make the declaration on Wednesday.
“Turkey’s intervention pushes the international community to recognise and address the humanitarian crisis in Gaza,” the supply mentioned.
In Might, Turkey mentioned it had determined to affix the case launched by South Africa because it stepped up measures in opposition to Israel over the assault on Gaza, including that its bid would comply with the required authorized preparations.
In June, Spain mentioned it had requested to intervene within the case on the ICJ, the very best authorized physique of the United Nations arrange in 1945 to take care of disputes between states.
Israel has repeatedly dismissed the case’s accusations of genocide as baseless, arguing in court docket that its operations in Gaza are self-defence and focused at Hamas militants who attacked Israel on Oct. 7.
